Upholstering



A. T. REYNOLDS.

UPHOLSTERING.

APPLICATION FILED JAMAS, 191s.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

UNITED STATES,"

`PATENT OFFICE..-

ARTHURTINDALLREYNOLDS, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UPHoLsrEaING.

Application inea January s, 1919. serial No. 269,830.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR TrNnaLL REYNOLDS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of 351 First St., city of New York, State of New York, in the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Upholstering, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in upholstering as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form a part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel means employed for detachably securing the padding in its receptacle.

The objects of the invention are to provide a means whereby the filling of a mattress, chair back, lounge seat or any other upholstered article may be readily removed to permit of disinfecting or for other reasons, to provide a shaped receptacle where by persons other than those skilled in the art may refill or repair articles of this nature, to permit of the ordering of com pleted receptacles by mailto be filled on arrival and generally to provide an article of the class described which will be inexpensive to manufacture, durable and eilicient.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a mattress with the various inclosing flaps partly opened up.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through a mattress.

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the flaps completely opened out.

Fig. 4l shows the invention as applied to a chair back.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings the envelop or receptacle 1 which may be constructed of tapestry or any other desired material is preferably sealed permanently on all of its sides but one and is divided into a plurality of sections by means of partitioning members 2 so that the padding material 3 from a particular section may be removed without interfering with the remaining sec tions.

One side of the receptacle is provided with a projecting fiap 4 substantially equal in width to the thickness of said receptacle when stuffed, said flap being provided along its edge adjacent to the corresponding side of the receptacle with catches 5 adapted to be engaged by fasteners 6 secured along the inner side edge of a flap 7 which is secured to the oppositeside of said receptacle.

The ends 8 of the receptacle are provided with short iaps 9 having fasteners 10 thereon adapted to engage corresponding catches l0 on the outer side of the flap 7, so that when the flap?- is drawn up over the Hap 4 and the fasteners 6 are secured to the catches 5 and the flaps 9 are secured to said flap 7 the padding will be securely held in position within said receptacle.

To provide further security a flap 11 se cured to the side of the receptacle from which the flap 4c. extends is provided, said flap 11 being of sufficient size to completely cover the aps l and 7 and being provided around its inner edge with fasteners l2 adapted to be secured in catches 13 around the outer side of said flap 7.

It will thus be seen that when it is desired to disinfect the padding or to wash the envelop it is only necessary to unfasten the various iaps and remove the padding. As the receptacle is divided into a plurality of small compartments it will be found an easy matter' to replace the padding evenly and thus reinstate the article to its former perfect form.

' This method of construction will be found to be of great advantage to persons living in the country or a considerable distance from the store and who already have the material for padding as they merely have to order the required size of receptacle and same can be sent them by post complete for filling.

This mode of construction has been illustra-ted in the drawings only in connection with mattresses and chair backs but it must be understood that the saine may apply to chair arms, curved or otherwise, lounge seats, vehicle seats andin fact any and all stuffed articles merelyV by constructing the various parts to the required shape.

llVha-t I claim is:

In upholstering, a padding receptacle of substantially mattress shape and having one of its side edges cut away forming an opening for the insertion of padding, said receptacle being divided into a plurality of compartments common to said. opening, a

Hap projecting from one of the sides of said receptacles and adapted to fold over said Opening7 a flap secured to the Opposite side 'of said receptacle and'adapted'to fold over the'aforesaid flap and to be secured thereto,

yend Hops adapted to be secured to the last mentioned Vflap and an inelosing flap secui-'ed to one of the sides ofsztid receptacle and folding over all Ofthe aforesaid flaps ARTHUR TINDALL REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

YV. G. HAMMOND, DOROTHY M. BROWN. 

